Can I be the first one to call Craig Anderson overrated? Giving up goals like crazy, played poorly down the stretch last year. Does he want that big new contract or not? He's not playing like it. Let's go get Tomas Vokoun and make Anderson his backup.---Brita, Wilmington, Del.

Chillax. Usually I'm the pessimistic one around here, but I think Anderson is a good goalie and will be fine in the second half. Listen, he hasn't had the year he had last year, but let's not forget the guy missed a pretty good chunk of time with knee and groin injuries. They probably are still affecting him a little, though he says he's 100 percent.

After watching a lot of games of late I think it's great that the Avs are finding the back of the net a lot and have become one of the highest scoring teams in the league. But they've given up A LOT of goals in those games as well. It's great the Avs have youth and the speed on their side, but it seems the same youth and speed that's scoring goals is also giving up a lot of goals. Are the Avs just too young on D? Can this Avs team make it deep in the playoffs or could they use another solid experienced defenseman?---Marc Roberts, Dallas

I think Terry Frei brought up some good points in a blog post Tuesday, talking about how the Avs' emphasis on quick, fast "puck movers" on D could make the Avs prone to more scoring chances at the other end.

If your defense is playing deep in the other team's zone, sometimes there will be moments when they're caught too deep and odd-man rushes come back the other way. But it's a trade-off the Avs seem to be comfortable with, at least for now.

Matt Duchene scored again Tuesday, against the Red Wings. The Avs haven't had a problem finding the net this season. (John Leyba, The Denver Post)

So the Avs are the highest scoring team in the NHL, but only Matt Duchene is in the top 25 on the league points list. And he's at No. 19! Paul Stastny is No. 27 and Milan Hejduk is 33rd. And that's it in the top 45. That's crazy! Have you ever heard of such a prolific scoring team without any clear dominating individual? This gives me mixed feelings. Like, it's nice that they're good as an offensive unit. But you need go-to scorers down the stretch and in the playoffs, right?---Aaron, Durango

Yes, but if you have seven or eight guys capable of regular scoring, I'll take that over the team that has only one or two or three when it gets time for the playoffs. I think you'll see Duchene and Stastny finish in the top 25 when the season is over.

I don't have HBO, but I watched "2-4/7" on NHL.com the other day. Great series. I love seeing what the players do to prepare for games and all the behind the scenes type stuff. I do enjoy the Avalanche all access show but I wish the Avs would do something more like the "2-4/7" series. Have you seen it? Is it accurate? Is that what it's really like behind the scenes?---JS, Arvada

How soon they forget. Actually, the Avs did do this kind of thing before. ESPN did a two-part documentary on the team's 2003-04 season - the one with Paul Kariya and Teemu Selanne. They did a great job, and it was real fun to watch. It's not on DVD, though, and copies can be hard to find.

Basically, you have to know someone who taped it and get a copy that way — not that I'm endorsing illegal sharing of video content, wink wink!

How accurate is it? While the cynical part of me says nothing is ever totally accurate when players know a camera is on them, I think it gives a good representation of what it's like behind the scenes. The HBO series so far has been fantastic. Bruce Boudreau's locker room speeches have been worth the monthly subscription price alone.

Hockey players — and pro athletes in general now — are total creatures of habit. On game days, it's morning skate, morning meetings, post-skate meal, pre-game nap, pre-game meal, bus/car ride to rink, game, pack up, dress, get back in bus/car and go to aiport/home.

When you answered before in the Mailbag about the Pepsi Center ice, I'm surprised you didn't mention the Avs share the arena with the Nuggets. The ice is removed for the Nuggets and put back down for the Avs. That can't make for consistent good ice, can it?---Kevin, La Junta

Well I guess I kind of assumed my reading audience would have known that, and not had to expand on it. But yes, having to put down two different surfaces all the time can make for different ice conditions from one night to the next. In Edmonton, where the ice is considered some of the best in the league, they don't have an NBA team playing every other night. The fact that it's usually colder than cold there in the winter helps things too.

Big Avs fans here after living in Denver for 25 years until 2004. Why isn't Brett Clarke still with Colorado? He's playing extremely well for Tampa Bay and we've always liked his style, hard-nosed with offensive skills too. Avs could really use him now.---Ken Randall, Melbourne, Fla.

Ken, I liked Clark as a player and person too, but I think it was time to move on here. His style of game just wasn't jelling with the kind of game Joe Sacco and management want to play here now, which is fast-paced and up-tempo. Clark is actually a good passer, but not fleet afoot anymore, and the Avs really want to put a premium on speed now.

Tampa Bay was more of a fit for his kind of game, and he's doing well there. But I don't think he'd have done as well with this team anymore, or in this conference, which is generally much faster than the East.

Rockies are on pace to lose 93 games this seasonThe Rockies lost three of four in St. Louis and are on pace to lose 93 games as they come home for a three-game series with Seattle before going back on the road again to face Washington.